Hello, fellow readers!!!
Any suggestions on books for an 11 year old little guy? Preferably books with very little number of pictures or not at all.
Thank you

Edit:
I’m reading all of your comments. Thank you so very much, everyone. I really appreciate. Please keep them coming. I’m saving every single one of them <3

  • pancake@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    4 days ago

    I think that’s a great age to read the Percy Jackson series. I never finished it, but I found the books I did read enjoyable.

  • EyeBeam@literature.cafe
    2·
    3 days ago

    Does he go for science fiction? I liked Starswarm by Jerry Pournelle as an adult, but think it’s intended as YA. The main character is about your kid’s age, an orphan in a extrasolar colony. Thanks to some things his parents did for him before they were killed, he knows some things the adults in charge of the colony don’t. Including that the native life on the planet is more intelligent than assumed, and advanced enough to defend itself from human encroachment.

  • dresden@discuss.onlineMEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    Without knowing what your kid has read or likes, here’s some info about my kid:

    My kid is currently reading:

    All of these have illustrations though. I feel Diary of a Wimpy kid has most of them, while rest have less, but they still have them. You should take a look to see if that’s acceptable.

    Other books/series I have been recommended here, but haven’t started yet:

  • problematicPanther@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 days ago

    Where the red Fern grows, Maus, Holes, series of unfortunate events, I think Bea Wolf looks good too but I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Edit, Maus and Bea Wolf are both graphic novels so maybe not what you’re looking for. But Maus should definitely be required reading, especially now.

  • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    3 days ago

    I used to read the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Chronicles of Narnia, Artemis Fowl (earlier boxcar children).

    I never really got into them, but Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books are really popular. My friends around then liked Animorphs.

    (It’s hard for me to judge reading level super well because I was always pretty ahead of my age group, so take it with a grain of salt.)

    Another suggestion is find a local library and just wander the kids section with them. They should have stuff managed by approximate age level and you should be able to find stuff that way.

  • Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 days ago

    Beverly Cleary’s books, Roald Dahl’s books, Piers Anthony’s books, Stuart Little, the Redwall series, etc. I don’t remember what age I picked up Ray Bradbury’s books, but The Illustrated Man might be a place to start too.